Memoirs of the Life and Administration of the Right Honourable William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Secretary of State in the Reign of King Edward Vi, and Lord High Treasurer of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

Memoirs of the Life and Administrationof the Right Honourable William Cecil,Lord Burghley, Secretary of State in theReign of King Edward Vi, and Lord HighTreasurer of England in the Reign ofQueen ElizabethContaining a Historical View of the Times in Which HeLived, and of the Many Eminent and Illustrious PersonsWith Whom He Was Connected; With Extracts From HisPrivate and Official Correspondence, and Other PapersbyEdward NaresVol. 3

Memoirs of the Life and Administration of the Right Honourable William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Secretary of State in the Reign of King Edward Vi, and Lord High Treasurer of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

Containing a Historical View of the Times in Which He Lived, and of the Many Eminent and Illustrious Persons With Whom He Was Connected; With Extracts From His Private and Official Correspondence, and Other Papers

by Edward Nares and William Cecil

Volume 3

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Lord Oxford — Letter of Lord Burghley to the Queen concerning him and Lady Oxford Sir Thomas Smith's letter to Lord Burghley concerning Lord Oxford — Affairs of the Netherlands — Don John — Schemes of the Catholic Princes — Lord Burghley's letter to Lord Shrewsbury on the rumours of attempts to be made to liberate Mary — History of this period perplexed — Lord Sussex on Continental affairs — Archbishop Grindal sequestered — Prophesyings — Aﬂ'airs of the Church — Letter from the Queen to the Bishop of Lincoln — Letter from Bishop Barnes to Lord Burghley — Of the Book of Common Prayer — Ho milies, &c. — Letter from Bishop Cox to Lord Burghley on Archbishop Grindal's suspen sion — Extract from Strype's Life of Bishop Aylmer concerning Lord Burghley — Extract from Preface to the Decads of Bullinger — Of Archbishop Grindal and Lord Burghley Egremond Radcliffe — His letters to Lord Burghley — Multiplicity of affairs in which Lord Burghley was engag'ed — Criminals — Sir Nicholas Bacon's letter to the Queen on the dangers threatening the nation — Queen's Progresses in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex — Lord Burghley at Buxton Visits Chatsworth — Letter from the Queen to. Lord Shrewsbury.